1+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) Mossman Pool is now more accessible and inclusive for residents and visitors following the installation of a new access lift, in a move welcomed by disability access advocates. It was the “headline” improvement in Douglas Shire’s disability access which came…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (499+ words) Douglas Shire residents have been led down the garden - or bicycle - path on promised projects never completed, says Cooya resident Josie Muller. Ms Muller has delved into the plans for the FNQ Principal Cycle Network Cycleway program to uncover the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) You don’t want to be asking Premier Crisafulli for any money for major projects until after the Olympics, is the whisper going around the Shire seats of power. Which is troublesome when you might be needing some quick cash to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) Exclusive native title rights have this month been declared over about 76,000ha of Far North Queensland land in the Douglas Shire and Wujal Wujal regions, but the principal lawyer in the Federal Court case says people do not have to worry…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) A Queensland gardening and stock-feed company is proposing to start a mulch-production industry in Mossman employing more than 75 workers, a Douglas Shire councillor says. Oreco Group, which was founded on the Sunshine Coast in the 1990s, has been revealing a series…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (634+ words) Usually there is enough folly and perfidy in Australian politics to fill many columns every week. This week, though, the story is one of a politician doing what politicians are supposed to do: improve the well-being of their constituents, especially…...